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General  Synod  of  the 

Evangelical  Lutheran  Church 
The  deaconess  work  in  the 

Rvanaelinal  T.ntheran  rhnrch 


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lEvanoelical    Xutbeian    Cburcb 
in  tbe  XTlniteb  States. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  Deaconess  Work. 

Presented  to  the  QliNfiRAL  ClU  NCII.  at  Caston.  Pa., 

OCTOBER   14.   1895. 


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REPORT 


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Coniniittcc  on  IDcaconess  Moih. 


Your  Committee  appointed  by  the  last  Convention  of  the 
General  Council  at  I'ort  Wayne,  Ind.,  to  report  on  the  pr«3gress 
of  the  Deaconess  cause  in  our  Lutheran  Church  of  this  country, 
begs  leave  to  submit  the  following  report: 

There  are  at  this  time  six  Motherhouscs  for  Lutheran  Dea- 
conesses organized  and  in  operation.  They  are  located  in  the  fol- 
lowing cities:  Philadelphia,  (3maha,  Milwaukee,  Minneapolis, 
Brooklyn,  and  Baltimore.  According  to  language,  they  may  be 
classified '  as  German,  Swedish,  (lerman-Lnglish.  Norwegian, 
and  English.  The  first  three  are  in  connection  with  the  General 
Council;  the  following  two  with  the  Norwegian  Synod;  the  Bal- 
timore Mothcrhouse  was  established  by  the  ( leneral  Synod. 

^^'e  sul)mit  a  brief  survey  of  the  history,  the  principles  and 
the  present  statistics  of  these  different  institutions: 

I.    The  Philadelphia  Motherhouse  of  Deaconesses.     (Mary  J. 
Drexel  Home.i 

Rev.  C.\ki.  GoKDi-.r..  Pastor. 

This  institution  represents  the  first  successful  effort  to  trans- 
plant the  German  Deaconess  work  on  a  large  scale  and  in  a  sys- 
tematic manner  to  America.  The  needs  of  the  German  IIosj)ital 
in  Philadelphia  and  the  distressing  experiences  made  with  paid 
mirses  had  naturally  directetl  the  attention  of  its  leaders  to  the 
service  of  Deaconesses,  which  had  been  gradually  substituted 
for  that  of  paid  nurses  in  the  majority  of  hospitals  in  the  Father- 
land. When  the  important  change  had  been  effected  in.  the  con- 
stitution and  administration  of  the  (K^rman  Hospital  in  Philadel- 
phia which  brought  it  into  regular  connection  with  the  Lutheran 
Church,  the  way  was  opened  for  the  introduction  of  Deaconesses. 
In  the  fall  of  188^?  the  preliminary  arrangements  were  made  to 


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brinp^  to  this  coiintrv  a  little  colony  of  German  Deaconesses  from 
Iscrlolin,  whose  leadin*^  Sister  had  been  educated  in  Kaisers- 
werth.  In  June,  1884,  they  arrived  in  Philadelphia,  and  at  once 
took  charge  of  the  German  Hospital. 

In  order  to  make  the  institution  permanent,  the  president 
of  the  German  Hospital,  Mr.  John  D.  Lankenau,  resolved  to  es- 
tablish a  regular  Motherhouse  of  Deaconesses  in  connection  with 
the  Mary  J.  Drexel  Home,  an  asylum  for  aged  people,  which  had 
been  planned  by  him  years  ago  in  memory  of  his  deceased  wife. 
A  separate  organization  was  founded  under  the  name  "The  Mary 
J.  Drexel  Home  and  Philadelphia  ]\Iotherhouse  of  Deaconesses." 
Mr.  Lankenau  then  at  once  proceeded  to  erect  the  magnificent 
building  opposite  Girard  College  and  west  of  the  German  Hos- 
pital, in  which  the  Sisters  found  their  home  after  having  been  the 
guests  oi  the  German  Hospital  for  four  years.  November  11, 
188G,  the  cornerstone  was  laid,  and  on  December  G,  1888,  the 
house  was  dedicated  and  formally  presented  to  the  Board  of 
Trustees  by  its  generous  founder.  CJn  the  same  day,  the  first  rec- 
tor of  the  institution.  Rev.  A.  Cordes,  was  installed. 

Up  to  this  time  Rev.  A.  Spaeth,  D.  D.,  had  been  acting  as 
pastor  and  spiritual  adviser  of  the  Sisters.  In  18!)2  Rector  Cordes 
resigned  and  was  succeeded  in  1893  by  the  Rev.  Carl  Goedel. 

The  work  of  the  institution  has  been  steadily  growing  and 
expanding  during  the  few  years  of  its  existence.  The  Year  Book 
for  ]8!>r),  which  has  just  been  published,  shows  forty-two  Sisters 
on  the  list.  Their  work  is  distributed  over  the  following  stations: 
1.  The  German  Hospital,  twenty  Sisters;  2.  Parish  work  in  Zi- 
on's  and  St.  Paul's  congregations,  two  Sisters;  3.  The  Easton 
Hospital,  three  Sisters;  4.  The  Lutheran  St.  Johannis  Home  in 
Allegheny  (in  connection  with  the  Ohio  Synod),  two  Sisters.  In 
the  Mary  J.  Drexel  Home  the  following  departments  are  served 
by  the  Deaconesses:  1.  The  Children's  Hospital;  2.  The  Old 
People's  Home;  3.  The  Lutheran  Girls'  School;  4.  An  infants' 
school. 

The  Philadelphia  Motherhouse  of  Deaconesses  aims  to  carry 
on  its  work  as  closely  as  possible  on  the  lines  laid  down  by  the 
restorer 'of  the  female  diaconate  (the  late  Dr.  l-Miedner)  and  fol- 
lowed so  successfully  by  the  leading  (Jerman  Motherhouses.  It 
means  to  preserve  the  historic  link  with  the  Deaconess  work  in 
its  German  home,  and  has  therefore  sought  and  received  admis- 
sion into  the  General  Conference  of  Deaconess  Motherhouses  at 


Kaiscrswcrtli.  At  the  same  time,  the  Philadelphia  Molhcrhouse 
has,  from  the  very  he.Ljinniii}^,  endeavored  to  advaticc  the  general 
cause  of  the  female  (haconate  in  this  country  in  every  way.  It  ed- 
ucated the  first  Swedish  Sisters  for  Pastor  P'ogelstrom's  institu- 
tion in  ( )maha.  It  gave  a  temporary  home  and  preliminary 
training  to  a  number  of  Christian  women  who  offered  themselves 
for  this  work  in  the  General  Synod.  It  received  and  trained  Sis- 
ters for  the  Dayton  Motherhouse,  and  for  weeks  entertained  a 
prominent  lady  who  is  a  leader  of  the  Deaconess  cause  ni  the 
Methodist  Church,  thus  giving  her  an  opportunity  to  become  fa- 
miliar with  the  character  and  spirit  of  German  Lutheran  Dea- 
coness work. 

2.    The  Swedish  Motherhouse  of  Deaconesses  in  Omaha. 
Rf.v.  E.  a.  Fogel^trom,  Pastor. 

The  Swedish  Lutheran  Deaconess  work  in  America  com- 
menced at  tlie  Mary  J.  Drexel  Home  and  Philadelphia  Mother- 
house  of  Deaconesses,  when  Sister  P)Othilda  Swenson  was  sent 
there  by  Rev.  E.  A.  Fogelstrom  in  June,  1887,  to  be  trained  for 
the  projjosed  Swedish  Motherhouse  at  Omaha.  The  following 
year,  1S88,  he  also  sent  four  other  Sisters  to  join  Sister  Bothilda. 
One  of  tlicse  Sisters  liaving  left  the  work  after  one  year,  the  other 
three  returned  to  Omaha  in  June,  1890.  After  two  years'  faith- 
ful service  at  the  Philadelphia  Motherhouse,  Sister  Bothilda  was 
sent  to  Europe  for  lier  further  training.  Siie  took  one  year's 
course  in  the  Motherhouse  of  Stockholm,  spent  some  time  in 
visiting  Kaiserswerth  and  other  European  Motherhouses.  and 
come  back  to  take  charge  of  the  work  in  (/)maha  in  the  fall  of 
1890. 

During  the  time  of  the  Sister's  training  in  the  llast,  Pastor 
I'^ogelstrtMu  had  succeeded  in  building  a  hospital  for  tlieir  future 
work  in  Omaha.  .\t  the  close  of  the  year  1800  this  institution, 
the  Immanuel  Hospital,  had  been  finished  at  a  cost  of  about 
f^i0,000.  December  20,  1800,  the  first  i)atient  was  admitted,  a 
poor  Swede  coming  from  the  far  \\'est,  Wyoming.  In  1891  a 
home  for  the  Sisters  was  built  opposite  the  hospital.  All  the 
property  of  the  Institution  in  Omaha  is  worth  about  f40.00(»,  with 
a  debt  of  $10,000  yet  remaining;  this  debt,  however,  is  more  than 
covered  by  legacies  already  made  to  the  Institution. 

April  5,  1801.  the  Institution  in  (^maha  held  its  first  anni- 
versary and  at  that  time  the  first  Swedish-American  Deaconess, 
Sister  Bothilda  Swenson.  was  consecrated.    This  was  a  time  of 


j^rcat  rcjoicinj?,  several  kadinj^^  iiKii  of  the  Augustana  Synod  and 
Rector  Conies,  from  the  l'hiladeli)hia  Mutherhouse,  taking  part 
in  the  services.  Since  then  a  festival  lias  been  held  once  a  year 
and  six  other  Sisters  have  ])een  consecrated.  This  Swedish-Amer- 
ican Motherhouse  has  at  jiresent  7  Deaconesses.  (5  help-Sisters, 
and  7  Probationers,  in  all  20  Sisters.  Outside  of  the  Motherhouse 
these  Sisters  have  been  working  in  three  permanent  stations:  At 
the  Bethesda  Hospital  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  .*?  Sisters;  parish  work 
in  Rev.  Perm's  congregation  in  Sioux  City,  la.,  1  Sister;  and  in 
Rev.  Kranz's  congregation  in  Duluth,  Minn.,  1  Sister.  Besides 
this  regular  work,  the  Motherhouse  in  Omaha  does  quite  a  good 
deal  of  temporary  work  in  the  city  and  neighboring  congrega- 
tions. In  the  summer  several  Sisters  teach  parochial  schools  for 
children.  Six  months  ago  Rev.  Dr.  Swaerd's  congregation  in 
Omaha  engaged  one  Sister.  A  call  from  Rev.  Petri's  congrega- 
tion in  Minneapolis  for  a  Sister  to  do  permanent  parish  work  has 
also  been  accepted,  the  work  to  commence  this  fall. 

This,  the  only  Swedish-American  Motherhouse,  feels  a  great 
need  of  a  much  larger  number  of  Sisters. 

The  Augustana  Synod  has  at  several  annual  conventions 
very  earnestly  recommended  this  Deaconess  Institute,  and  at  its 
last  two  conventions  the  question  of  receiving  it  into  full  organic 
union  has  been  brought  up  for  the  consideration  of  Synod.  At 
the  convention  in  Chicago,  June  18,  181)5,  the  question  was  post- 
poned until  next  year,  when  the  Synod  will  meet  in  Omaha;  then 
it  will  no  doubt  be  decided. 

3.    The  Milwaukee  Motherhouse  of  Deaconesses. 

Ri:\-.  J.  V.  On  I.,  Rector. 
This  Motherhouse  is  the  result  of  the  labors  of  the  late  Dr. 
W.  A.  Passavant,  who,  nearly  half  a  century  ago,  took  the  first 
step  to  introduce  the  Deaconesses  into  America.  In  180.3  he 
opened  the  Milwaukee  Hosi)ita]  wliicli,  from  the  very  beginning, 
was  designed  to  be  a  Deaconess  Hospital,  but  not  until  several 
years  ago  did  Providence  open  the  way  to  make  this  an  accom- 
plished fact.  In  December,  18!)1,  after  a  course  of,  instruction 
given  In-  the  Rev.  II.  W.  Roth.  D.  D.,  the  foundation  of  the 
Motherhouse  began  to  be  laid  by  the  consecration  of  three  Sis- 
ters, one  of  whom  had  been  in  the  work  at  Kaiserswerth  and 
another  at  Neuendettelsau.  Sister  Martha  was  made  Directing 
Sister,  and  in  the  summer  of  ISJK*^  a  rector  was  called  in  the  per- 
son of  the  Rtv.  1.  V.  (  )hl,  of  Quakcitown,  Pa.,  who  entered  u])on 


the  duties  of  his  ofHcc  in  October  of  the  same  year.  In  the  annual 
report  just  jnibhshed  the  Rector  says:  "The  Mothcrhouse,  as  now 
organized,  conforms  to  tlie  best  Munjpean  models  in  all  their  es- 
sential features,  without  being  a  stereotyped  reproduction  of  any 
one  of  them.  The  princi[de  is  recognized  and  consistently  carried 
out  that  for  America  and  the  Church  in  America  certain  modifi- 
cations and  adaptations  are  necessary  in  order  to  secure  for  the 
Deaconess  cause  the  same  regard  and  encouragement  that  it  now 
enjoys  in  the  l-'atherland;  and  we  believe  that  this  can  be  suc- 
cessfully done  without  sacrificing  any  of  its  distinctive  features." 

The  number  of  Sisters  now  attached  to  the  Motherhouse  is 
17.  Of  these  8  are  Deaconesses,  3  of  whom  were  consecrated 
June  n  of  the  present  year,  and  9  are  Probationers.  The  course 
of  study,  which  is  regularly  taken  up  in  October  of  each  year  and 
ends  with  the  examinations  in  May,  embraces  all  the  branches 
usually  taught  in  Motherhouses;  and  the  terms  of  admission  are 
practically  the  same  as  in  European  institutions.  This  Mother- 
house  is,  moreover,  believed  to  be  the  only  German-Englisii 
Motherhouse  in  the  worl<l.  Both  languages  are  constantly  used 
in  the  instruction  and  In  conversation,  and  there  is  regular  alter- 
nation between  the  two  in  the  Chapel  services. 

At  least  four  new  Probationers  were  expected  to  enter  in 
October,  with  a  prospect  of  even  more.  The  Rector  states  that 
there  is  a  growing  int'^rest  in  the  work  throughout  the  West  antl 
Northwest,  and  that  he  has  to  answer  numerous  letters  of  in- 
quiry. 

The  following  charitable  institutions,  founded  by  the  late  Dr. 
W.  A.  Passavant,  look  to  the  Milwaukee  Motherhouse  for  their 
supply  of  Sisters:  The  Jacksonville  Hospital,  at  Jacksonville,  111.; 
the  Passavant  Hospital  (Pittsburgh  Infirmary),  at  Pittsburgh: 
and  the  Passavant  Memoiial  (Emergency)  Hospital  at  Chicago, 
111. 

4.     The  Norwegian  Lutheran   Deaconesses  Home  and  Hospital 
at  lirooklyn. 

Sister  Elizabeth  redde.  who  stands  at  the  head  of  this  insti- 
tution, writes  about  its  origin  and  |)resent  status,  as  follows: 

"Our  work  began  here  in  April,  1883,  on  a  very  small  scale, 
among  the  sick  and  ])oor  Norwegians.  The  necessity  for  a  proper 
place  to  care  for  the  sick,  who  had  previously  been  referred  to 
the  County  Hospital  when  in  need  of  hospital  care,  became  so 
urgent  that  in  the  spring  of  1885  a  small  house  was  secured 


which  (h(l  service  as  a  home  for  the  Sisters  and  a  hospital,  so  far 
as  its  limited  capacity  would  permit.  The  difficulty,  so  commonly 
encountered  in  originating^  a  new  Deaconess  home,  of  securing 
the  proper  persons  to  take  hold  of  the  work  with  the  proper 
spirit,  was  gradually  overcome,  and  under  the  guidance  of  the 
good  Lord,  our  work  has  prospered  beyond  our  most  sanguine 
expectations.  Considerable  charitable  and  missionary  work  is 
being  done  outside  of  the  hospital,  particularly  among  the  fam- 
ilies of  Norwegian  sailors. 

"There  has  always  been  a  difficulty  in  procuring  Sisters  in 
Brooklyn,  so  that  at  present  our  number  is  only  eleven.  But 
with  God's  blessing  our  Home  is  ever  perfectly  harmonious  and 
pleasant;  the  Sisters  are  earnest  and  ever  eagerly  working  for  the 
one  cause — the  furtherance  of  Christ's  work  among  those  who 
need  it  most." 

5.    The  Norwegian  Deaconess  Home  in  Minneapolis. 

Seven  years  ago  the  w'ork  in  Minneapolis  was  started  by 
Sister  Elizabeth  Fedde,  who  is  now  Sister  Superior  of  the  Brook- 
lyn Motherhouse.  When  she  left  Minneapolis  in  1890,  the  institu- 
tion had  12  Sisters,  a  small  home  and  $2,000  towards  a  larger 
hospital.  At  present  there  are  31  Sisters,  10  of  them  consecrated 
Deaconesses,  trained  partly  in  Christiania,  Norway,  partly  in 
•Miiuieapolis;  12  Probationers  and  9  in  the  Preparatory  course. 
The  course  of  training  is  divided  into  a  Preparatory  course  from 
October  to  February,  and  the  Deaconesses'  course  from  March 
to  May.  The  Sisters  of  this  Motherhouse  supply  a  hospital  in 
Grand  Forks,  N.  Dak.;  one  in  Plilsboro,  N.  Dak.;  one  in  Sioux 
City,  S.  Dak.;  and  a  Children's  Home  in  Beloit,  Iowa. 

6.     The  Motherhouse  in  Baltimore. 

Several  years  ago  the  General  Synod  appointed  a  Deaconess 
Board  for  the  purpose  of  practically  reviving  this  office  among 
its  churches.  Its  labors  have  been  so  far  successful,  that  on  the 
first  of  October  a  Deaconess  Motherhouse  and  training-school 
was  opened  under  its  auspices  in  the  City  of  Baltimore,  whose 
churches  had  offered  suUable  acconmiodations  for  the  establish- 
nunt  of  such  an  institution. 

"The  object  of  this  house,"  says  the  President  of  the  Board, 
Rev.  Dr.  G.  U.  Wenner,  "is  to  afford  an  opportunity  to  the  young 
women  of  our  Church  to  engage  in  the  work  of  the  Christian 
ministry  in  such  forms  as  are  appropriate,  sucli  as  nursing,  teach- 


iiig,  caring  for  the  poor  and  neglected,  and  helping  the  pastor  to 
look  after  and  care  for  the  flock.  Its  aim  is  to  open  to  thetn 
larger  fields  of  usefulness  in  the  service  of  the  Church,  and  by 
technical  training  and  effective  organization  to  make  them  a  new 
force  in  the  extension  of  the  Master's  kingdom.  The  methods 
will  be  in  harmony  with  those  pursued  in  the  Deaconess'  Houses 
of  Europe,  with  such  adaptations  as  the  special  needs  and  condi- 
tions of  America  may  suggest.  The  nucleus  of  the  work  has  been 
secured  in  the  Sisters  who  for  several  years  past  have  been  care- 
fully trained  for  this  purpose  in  this  country  and  in  Germany, 
and  who  are  soon  to  be  set  apart  for  the  special  work  in  which 
they  are  about  to  engage.  They  will  have  charge  of  a  hospital, 
a  Christian  school,  and  various  branches  of  parish  work.  But  all 
of  this  local  service  is  simply  the  foundation  of  their  principal 
work,  that  of  training  young  women  for  similar  service  in  other 
cities  and  congregations.  In  this  work  they  will  be  aided  by  a 
competent  faculty,  selected  from  the  pastors  and  physicians  of 
Baltimore,  who  will  impart  instruction  in  the  various  branches 
of  sciencp  and  Christian  literature. 

"Two  classes  of  young  women  will  be  welcomed  to  this 
House:  First,  those  who,  after  serving  a  period  of  probation,  de- 
sire to  remain  with  us  permanently,  or  for  an  indefinite  period. 
Secondly,  those  who  come  to  prepare  themselves  to  be  Christian 
workers  or  pastoral  helpers  in  their  own  homes  and  congrega- 
tions, and  who  remain  with  us  therefore  only  long  enough  to  ob- 
tain the  requisite  trauiing." 

Summary. 

Sunmiing  up  this  brief  survey,  we  find  that  there  are  l.'il  (or, 
if  we  include  8  in  the  course  of  preparatory  training  in  Philadel- 
phia, l.'^O)  Lutheran  woiucn  engaged  in  the  work  of  the  Dea- 
coness, or  preparing  for  it.  Their  Motherhouses  represent  an 
aggregate  value  of  about  ^700,000,  and  the  amount  spent  on  this 
w(irk  during  the  past  year  may  be  moderately  estimated  at  ?75,- 
000.  All  the  principal  nationalities  and  languages  of  our  Church 
in  this  country  are  sinndtancously  taking  hold  of  this  great  and 
sacred  cause,  and  whilst  they  all  are  anxious  to  conform  to  the 
best  European  models  in  all  their  essential  features,  they  recog- 
nize the  fact  that  for  America  certain  modifications  and  adapta- 
tions may  be  necessary  in  order  to  secure  for  the  Deaconess 
work  the  same  regard  and  encouragement  that  it  now  enjoys  in 
the  Fatherland.  We  have  good  cause  to  be  profoundly  thankful 


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for  what  has  been  achicvcil  in  this  fitld  by  the  Lutherans  in 
America  durin.tj  tlie  last  decade.  We  may  well  rejoice  that  the 
Church  of  the  pure  Word  and  Sacraments  is  taking  such  a  lead 
in  this  blessed  ministry  cf  the  female  diaconate.  But  we  cannot 
deceive  ourselves  as  to  the  fact  that  after  all  we  have  made  only 
a  very  moilest  beginning  in  this  work;  that  the  majority  of  our 
people  are  still  profoundly  ignorant  and  sadly  indifferent  concern- 
ing its  claims  antl  its  blessings.  We  would  therefore  most  respect- 
fully urge  it  upon  this  venerable  Body,  that  it  should  use  its 
influence  to  arouse  a  warmer  interest  in  this  blessed  work;  and 
that  in  our  Synodical  meetings  and  Conferences  a  proper  place 
be  given  to  it  alongside  of  our  missionary  and  educational 
operations;  that  our  individual  pastors,  and,  through  them, 
our  congregations  may  be  impressed  with  the  importance 
of  this  work  and  our  obligations  towards  it,  so  that  the  number  of 
devout  women  may  be  quickly  increased,  who  will  cheerfully  and 
for  the  Lord's  sake  respond  to  the  urgent  appeals  of  our  Mother- 
houses  for  an  increase  of  laborers. 

For  the  benefit  of  those  who  are  desirous  to  inform  them- 
selves more  fully  on  the  history,  the  ])rinciples  and  metluids  of 
the  Female  Diaconate,  we  take  the  liberty  of  mentioning  a  few 
books  and  treatises  in  German  and  English,  that  will  be  of  use 
to  the  inquirer: 

Th.  Scliiictir:    Die  wriMiclic  I  )i;ik<.iiic.     :5  IJde. 

,/.  Dissclhofl:    Juliiliit(>  (zuin  oOtcn  Jul)iliiuin  Kai.sor.s\verths). 

F.  .\fcvvr:    Von  di-r  Diakonissin  mul  iliroiu  IJcruf. 

/:.  W'nckcr :    Dcr  I)iak(mi.s.s('nh('ruf. 

/i.  Wmkcr:  The  Dcaconcsa  Callinj,',  tian.slatt'tl  l)y  Emma  E.  End- 
licli.  Aj.ix'Ddix  hy  A.  Spaeth,  D.  D.  Mary  J.  Drexel  Home,  Philadel- 
phia.    Siiitflo  copioH,  TjO  fonts. 

77/.  Scliiicrer:    Im  Dii-nnt  dt>r  Lit-lic. 

Til.  Scli.-tvfcr :    DiakoniMsr-n  Kalci'hi.smus. 
-^     /.  /•'.  O///;    DcaconcHsoH  and  Their  Work. 

Aiiniinl  of  the  Mary  J.  Dicxcl    I  fume. 

Jithrhuch  des  Mary  . I.  Dn-xd  Helm,  printed  I'm-  fice  distrihiition  by 
the  Mary  J.  Drexel   Home 

AiinalKof  till'   IiiHtiliiti f   I'roti-.'^taiit    Dcaeonesse.'^,   jmhlished  l)i- 

luonthly  at  I'ittHhurKh,  Pa. 

Respectfully  submitted  by  the  Committee. 

A.  Sl-AKTII,  !<:.  A.   FOCJEI-STROM, 

J.  V.  Oiii.'.  C.  A.  ICvAi.n. 


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"The  Mary  J.   Drexel  Home  and  Philadelphia  Motherhouse 
of  Deaconesses." 

L'loo  Soiiili  Ci)llcgt'  Avtiiuc,  Philadelphia. 

Rector:   Ri;\.  (!ari.  (ioKDEi..       Sister  Superior:   Wanda  v.  Ukktzkn. 


The  Milwaukee  Motherhouse. 

Twentv-stfonrl,  Cedar,  and  State  Streets.  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Rector:   Ri;v.  J.  F.  Oiii..     Directing  Sister:  Mariha  Gensike. 
^  BtHjucsts  to  be  \vritt<'ii  td  the  "  Iiistitvition  of  I'rotostant  Deaeonesses 

nf  Alleyhcny  Co..  Pa." 


Immanuel  Deaconess  Institute. 

Monmouth  Park,  Omaha,  Neb. 

Rector:  Rkv.  K.  .-X.  Fo(;ki.stro.m.    Sister  Superior  :  I'.oi  mii.da  Swf.nson. 


The  Norwegian  Lutheran  Deaconesses'  Home  and  Hospital." 

i^)rty-si\Lh  Street  and  Fourth  Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Sister  Superior  :   Ei.izabkth  Fkddk. 


Norwegian  Lutheran  Deaconess  Institute. 

1  117  L*.''.rd  Street,  Corner  l.")!!)  .\ venue  South.  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

Sister  Su])eri()r  :    I  nci-.iioui;  Si'om.  wd. 


Deaconess  Motherhouse  and  Training  School  of  the  General  Synod. 

'.)07  North  I'ullon  .\ venue,   Baltimore,  Md. 
Rev.  W  .  n.  Dr.MiAK,  1).  D.,  I'astor. 


